Measurement in Nursing and Health Research: Fourth Edition

This is a valuable resource for readers seeking basic to advanced information on measurement. It should be on the bookshelf of all researchers, and a requirement for graduate nursing students.Score: 100, 5 stars--Doody's Medical Reviews

...this book is a wonderful shelf reference for nurse researcher mentors and investigators who may need to explore content or use content to design, test, select, and evaluate instruments and methods used in measuring nurse concepts and outcomes."--Clinical Nurse Specialist

This fourth edition presents everything nurses and health researchers need to know about designing, testing, selecting, and evaluating instruments and methods for measuring in nursing. Thoroughly updated, this fourth edition now contains only the latest, most cutting-edge measurement instruments that have direct applicability for nurses and health researchers in a variety of roles, including students, clinicians, educators, researchers, administrators, and consultants.

Using clear and accessible language, the authors explain in detail, and illustrate by example, how to conduct sound measurement practices that have been adequately tested for reliability and validity. This edition is enriched with topics on the leading edge of nursing and health care research, such as measurement in the digital world, biomedical instrumentation, new clinical data collection methods, and methods for measuring quality of care.

Key features:

• Provides new and emerging strategies for testing the validity of specific measures
• Discusses computer-based testing: the use of Internet research and data collection
• Investigates methods for measuring physiological variables using biomedical instrumentation
• Includes information on measurement practices in clinical research, focusing on clinical data collection methods, such as clinimetrics
• Identifies the challenges of measuring quality of care and how to address them

Carolyn F. Waltz, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, where she specializes in research, evaluation, and measurement.

Ora Lea Strickland, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Dean, Florida International University School of Nursing. In her career she has focused on child development and family relations. She is the Founder and Senior Editor of the Journal of Nursing Measurement.

Elizabeth R. Lenz, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University College of Nursing, where she served as Dean from 2001-2013. Prior to assuming the deanship, she held faculty and academic administrative positions at Columbia University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Maryland, Georgetown University, and Boston College.